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I'm not a former president who looks like a partisan hack for supporting the premise of racism unsubstantiated.Why?........because YOU think he should have stayed out of it?
(He probably just didn't take into account that you would find fault........Maybe write him & he'll retract his comments)
& why is that you have a right to your opinions & can express them publicly but former President Carter doesn't?
88 pages, and not one statement that would indicate Carter had even a remote clue about whether or not wilson's comments were based on race.
I would submit that the "Racism" is on carters side for even bringing it up. It shows whats on his mind more than it does Wilsons.
Well there we have it! Glad we finally got THAT cleared up!opcorn2:
Actual Topic Title:
Jimmy Carter: Wilson comments 'based on racism'
(it's printed at the top of each page)
Topic Title Is Not:
Is Carter Right Or Wrong?
"Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act 'based on racism' and rooted in fears of a black president."
"'I think it's based on racism,' Carter said in response to an audience question at a town hall held at his presidential center in Atlanta. 'There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.'"
I am failing to see how Wilson's outburst was in any way a racist one. Every comment made against an ethnic minority is not racist, there should be real reason to believe it is before making the accusation. Otherwise, it just makes the issue worse by adding more situations it can used in, even though there is no justification to do so.
What exactly was racist about it? Are people going to get tired of being accused of racism with it eventually backfiring on people like Carter who use it to explain something it is not related to?
Jimmy Carter: Wilson comments 'based on racism' - Yahoo! News
That's the smart thing to do, Agree with the Greatness that is the Good Reverend. It brings you up in stature, how could it not? :thumbs:
Yes, an informed opinion based on the many circumstances centering on Wilson's membership in a fringe racist organization, and a nasty vote to keep flying a flag that represents racism, violence and slavery - the St. Andrews cross.
I look at Wilson and I ask myself "Has this guy ever said the word nigger in a demeaning manner, in his liftime?"
The answer...
...yes.
You don't have to like my opinion, frankly I could not give a damn.
Anyone who votes to keep flying that flag at any public office is a racist son of bitch.
So, someone who supports not extraditing a SS war criminal would be a racist; someone who supports flying the Confederate flag is NOT racist. Is this your position?
Nope. Carter's comments were in a broader context. Read the entirety of what he said. He commented on scatological language and a number of other phenomena in a more widespread atmosphere of disrespect.
I have already conceded that the phrase 'you lie' is not racist. Joe Wilson is however.
He is Strom Thurman's prodigy and a good ol boy who wants to fly the Confederate flag over the state capitol.
This was planned disruption and disrespect and Wilson's 'apology' is hollow BS.
Joe Wilson is a disrespectful partisan hack now playing victim. Wilson has a financial interest in opposing health care reform, and he will fight it with every privileged bone in his body.
Obama is a lying POS who bold faced lied to the camera and it's been proven, so wtf are we talking about Joe Wilson and not the lying POS Obama?
89 pages, and you don't think it's been discussed enough?If you're through with your childish rants, perhaps you'd allow the rest of us to actually discuss the topic?
89 pages, and you don't think it's been discussed enough?
:beatdeadhorse
I hate to admit it but....you have a point.:lol:
Are people going to get tired of being accused of racism with it eventually backfiring on people like Carter who use it to explain something it is not related to?
I hope so. I hope they so overplay the screeching of "RACISM!!!!" at every criticism of the President that the voters are thoroughly disgusted and take it out at the ballot box.
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